Well I could just rant and moan about FGWs usual service, i.e. at least one train I'm on a day being late but you are probably all bored with that so thought I'd share a conversation I overheard between a mother and her long-haired student son.
Mum - "it says in the newspaper people are queuing to climb Everest."
Son - "yeah well it's much easier these days, and they have really luxurious base camps."
Mum - "but I though 10 people died there recently."
Son - "oh yeah, over a year but out of thousands that's not so bad. I reckon more people die doing the 3 Peaks Challenge in the UK."
Mum - "what through oxygen deprivation."
Son - "Absolutley, especially on Ben Nevis."
Now I do not wish to decry the challenge of climbing Ben Nevis, Snowdon and Scaffell the highest mountains in Scotland, Wales and England but I do think the hound feller over-egged the pudding.
Should say young feller not hound feller!
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